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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad was retired military. He had a large office full of plaques and certificates on the wall (over 30 of them) from his years in the navy and government contracting. We “donated” all of them through an estate company. No one wanted them even the one from his retirement ceremony. I have no idea what relatives are supposed to do with these things. [/quote]

Respectfully, why would anyone else want plaques that belonged to a stranger?[/quote]
I think they can be recycled by ripping off the metal engraved or printed plate, then a new one can be attached to the wood. I have no idea who organizes this or wants the old plaques. Maybe ask a plaque making shop if you end up with a bunch from a relative.

During my career, I received various awards, plaques, ribbons and coins and displayed them in my office. When I retired, I took them all home and threw them in the trash there. I suppose if I had ever won "Engineer of the Year", I might have kept it for my kids to put out at my memorial, but out of 16,000 employees I never got that recognition.[/quote]

When I quit my last company I threw about a dozen crystal trophies in the dumpster for awards I won plus a whole bunch of deal tombstones.

Wasteful, but nobody else is ever going to want them and they take up a lot of space I don't have.[/quote]

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